1 / 10

Space News Update - May 04, 2012 -

Space News Update - May 04, 2012 -. In the News Story 1: Paydirt at 8-Year-Old Mars Rover's 'New Landing Site' Story 2: White Dwarf Stars Eat Earth-like Exoplanets Story 3: Jupiter Picked for Next Major European Space Mission Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities

jayme-ramirez
Download Presentation

Space News Update - May 04, 2012 -

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Space News Update - May 04, 2012 - In the News Story 1:Paydirt at 8-Year-Old Mars Rover's 'New Landing Site' Story 2:White Dwarf Stars Eat Earth-like Exoplanets Story 3:Jupiter Picked for Next Major European Space Mission Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. Paydirt at 8-Year-Old Mars Rover's 'New Landing Site'

  3. White Dwarf Stars Eat Earth-like Exoplanets

  4. Jupiter Picked for Next Major European Space Mission

  5. The Night Sky Friday, May 4 · Look above the bright Moon this evening for Saturn and Spica, as shown here. Saturday, May 5 · Full Moon (exact at 11:35 p.m. EDT), in Libra. This is the closest and largest full Moon of 2012, though not remarkably so. The Moon is 8% closer and larger than average, and only 0.16 magnitude brighter than average, so you'd need measuring tools to really tell. Take a look. What do you think? Sunday, May 6 · Venus, the brilliant "Evening Star" in the west, is passing its closest to the star Beta Tauri, which is only 1/300 as bright at magnitude 1.6. During and after late twilight, look for the star 0.8° to Venus's upper right. That's about a pencil-width at arm's length. Although they look close together, they're not. Venus is 3 light-minutes from us; Beta Tauri is 130 light-years in the background. Monday, May 7 · The waning gibbous Moon is up in the southeast by around 11 p.m., depending on where you live. Look about a fist-width to the Moon's right for fiery Antares. Around and upper right of Antares are other stars of Scorpius.

  6. ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: NO SIGHTINGS AVAILABLE Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

  7. NASA-TV Highlights May 5, Saturday 3 p.m. - 2012 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - KSC (All Channels) 9 p.m. - Replay of 2012 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - HQ (All Channels) May 6, Sunday 9 a.m. - Replay of 2012 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - HQ (All Channels) 3 p.m. - Replay of 2012 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - HQ (All Channels) 8 p.m. - Replay of 2012 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - HQ (All Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.

  8. Space Calendar May 04 - [Apr 27] Space Day May 04 - [May 03] Comet C/2012 H2 (McNaught) Perihelion (1.735 AU) May 04 - Asteroid 2010 KX7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU) May 04 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.202 AU) May 04 - Asteroid 218998 Navi Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU) May 04 - 10th Anniversary (2002), AQUA Launch May 04 - 45th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 4 Launch May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak May 05 - [May 02] 2012 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction, Kennedy Space Center, Florida May 06 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #320 (OTM-320) May 06 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan May 06 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) Perihelion (4.838 AU) May 06 - Asteroid 5720 Halweaver Closest Approach To Earth (1.274 AU) May 06 - Willem de Sitter's 140th Birthday (1872) May 07 - [May 02] Dragon C-2 & C-3 Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station) May 07 - Comet 123P/West-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.094 AU) May 07 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults UCAC2 30551972 (11.8 Magnitude Star) May 07 - Asteroid 2012 HL Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU) May 07 - Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (1.431 AU) May 07 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (1.864 AU) May 07 - 15th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Ganymede 8 Flyby JPL Space Calendar

  9. Food for Thought Stephen Colbert Receives NSS Award from Buzz Aldrin Credit: Colbert Report

  10. Space Image of the Week Credit: NASA, DOE, International Fermi LAT Collaboration

More Related